"I'm kind of toasted. But I looked at my watch and it's only 6:30 so I can't stop drinking yet." - Yooper's Bob"Brown eye finally recovered after the abuse it endured in Ptown last weekend, but it took almost a full week." - Paulie"no, he just doesn't speak 'stupid'. i, however, am fluent...." - motobrewer"... I'll go both ways." - Melana

um, RedZone only shows scoring plays, which are hardly the bulk of plays.

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Originally Posted by the_bird

If Lynch is such a great, hard-running RB... but his actual production, his actual yards per attempt, is so mediocre... doesn't that mean that his offensive line sucks?

Either that or that he's just not as good as Seattle fans think. I mean, these are the guys hailing Wilson as the second coming and that WR (who's name we've all forgotten) as a first team all pro. Really, I think Hoppy made it clear quite, stats and record mean nothing to that fan base, as long as they can make noise at the game (and on the internet).

"I'm kind of toasted. But I looked at my watch and it's only 6:30 so I can't stop drinking yet." - Yooper's Bob"Brown eye finally recovered after the abuse it endured in Ptown last weekend, but it took almost a full week." - Paulie"no, he just doesn't speak 'stupid'. i, however, am fluent...." - motobrewer"... I'll go both ways." - Melana

They don't link to where they have the stats or to what anyone else has.

People have been stacking up against Lynch this season because the passing game has been nearly non-existent until just recently. In the Pats game they did everything they could to stop Lynch and just let Seattle prove they could beat them in the air. They did... and Seattle did.

I think that as the passing game develops, it should open things up for Lynch again.

They don't link to where they have the stats or to what anyone else has.

People have been stacking up against Lynch this season because the passing game has been nearly non-existent until just recently. In the Pats game they did everything they could to stop Lynch and just let Seattle prove they could beat them in the air. They did... and Seattle did.

I think that as the passing game develops, it should open things up for Lynch again.

Best I could find was a site with a "success rate percentage" stat, but they didn't specifically define what made a play successful (I would assume that it would be pickup up at least 4 yards on first down, or converting a third-and-short, things like that). Based on that measure (which seems to be a good measure, if they're defining it appropriately), Lynch was #12 in the league, behind guys like Rice, Gore, Ryan Matthews, Semen Spiller, both NE running backs, and a few others.

As to Wilson's getting better... you hate to harp on the shortness, but the only other QB I can think of with Wilson's size who had success is Doug Flutie. That's obviously the best-case scenario for Wilson, but Flutie was certainly the exception to the rule. He's doing reasonably well so far, but even in the best-case you can't expect significant improvement in the pass game (which overall, remains below-average - as per the goddamn stats!) this year.

"I'm kind of toasted. But I looked at my watch and it's only 6:30 so I can't stop drinking yet." - Yooper's Bob"Brown eye finally recovered after the abuse it endured in Ptown last weekend, but it took almost a full week." - Paulie"no, he just doesn't speak 'stupid'. i, however, am fluent...." - motobrewer"... I'll go both ways." - Melana

As to Wilson's getting better... you hate to harp on the shortness, but the only other QB I can think of with Wilson's size who had success is Doug Flutie. That's obviously the best-case scenario for Wilson, but Flutie was certainly the exception to the rule. He's doing reasonably well so far, but even in the best-case you can't expect significant improvement in the pass game (which overall, remains below-average - as per the goddamn stats!) this year.

Where's the hate? It's a statement of fact; there are very, very, very few successful 5'10" QBs in NFL history. It's no different than saying "Charles Barkley is one of the only 6'5" players in the NBA who was a dominant rebounder."

These... facts. These... statements that are backed by evidence. Do they frighten you? Did some fact-wielding scientist molest you when you were a child or something?

"I'm kind of toasted. But I looked at my watch and it's only 6:30 so I can't stop drinking yet." - Yooper's Bob"Brown eye finally recovered after the abuse it endured in Ptown last weekend, but it took almost a full week." - Paulie"no, he just doesn't speak 'stupid'. i, however, am fluent...." - motobrewer"... I'll go both ways." - Melana